The 'Flyte takes flight

"Airflyte Fever"??  Not really a recognized disease.  But my wife and I managed to suffer with it for a couple weeks through the negotiations for the purchase.
When we were looking through it, and didn't find any mice droppings or horrible odors, we kinda set our limits then.



There were only a couple times we actually said anything to each other.  My son-in-law, Steve, went with us to look, and he was engaged with the owner, Tracy, in conversation, which included an unofficial opening salvo of price talks.  He mentioned something in the low-hundreds, and that did not ring any bells.

Meanwhile, I was poking around underneath as much as I could reach, and finding the typical soft spots in the side framing beneath the dinette windows and the door.  It did not seem as bad as I had expected, and the interior, with nearly all of the original appointments present, was impressive.  I ended up that day making an offer of $1000.  That was a good enough offer to be serious about negotiating, and even though we made a couple offers in between, we ended at $2000 for it.  Tracy was not about to come down off that figure, and did not have to. That much  made it worth the while to pull it out, and it was worth that much to me that it was not to become a storage shed.  Coincidentally, that was what Momma and I had agreed should be the max we could go.  Match made in Heaven?  Ehhh, maybe.
 It was really hard to separate the camper from its surroundings, that is in terms of looking at a potential purchase.  It seemed so at-home where is was.  Believe it or not, I actually found it in the aerial photos of the woods on Google...See?  Ya can't hide anything any more, even a mile out in the woods.

One of the hurdles was to get it out before the rains soaked the road in to the point that trekking it out would become near impossible. We made plans to get it out to the road as soon as possible, but that landed on a day when, wait for it....it rained.  Heavily.  For two days before.    Two cans of Fix-A-Flat, the air from a portable tank, and removing the frozen tongue jack, and it was on its way.  This whole adventure should start out on an exciting note!

Steve seemed to enjoy this adventure in the mud.

 Fortunately, Tracy had enough tools to keep it from being too exciting...

Always remember to secure the load.

And THIS is why I spent the money for the hauler trailer!

It was sure a unique view in the mirror all the way home.